Review on 🚗 Gates 45005 Automotive Water Pump by Jason Paredes

I have 2 2004 Chevy Silverados, one 5.3 and one 4.8. Both Trucks With just over 200,000 miles on them, the water pump on both trucks failed within a week of each other. On the first truck I switched to the Oreilly brand Murray and also replaced the thermostat and housing. everything together costs about $200. The pump itself costs about $140. It was a strong, well made pump with a lifetime guarantee, very nice finish on all seals. Came with standard paper spacers which I used with a small amount of RTV worked great. On the second truck I decided to save some money and bought this Gates water pump. The pump is lighter and the sealing surfaces are not as well finished. It came with metal gaskets with silicone gasket built in, so installation might be a little easier (I personally don't have a problem with the old paper gaskets as I know they work). I cleaned and reused my old thermostat and housing. on this one as they seemed ok. The thermostat screws that came with the Gates pump were definitely shorter than the original screws and as they are through holes and my original screws cleaned well with a small wire brush I just used my original screws instead (the more threads the better) Gates works great and doesn't leak so let's see how long it lasts.